George 'Bugs' MoranĬapone's biggest rival and the other man responsible for much of the heyday of Prohibition crime, George 'Bugs' Moran preferred to live in a hotel suite. Still owned by the family who once rented the place to the Barkers, the property recently hit the market as an non-MLS listing, with a suggested starting price of $1 million. Much of the home, actually, is frozen in time from the 1935 shooting. The five-hour melee killed both Ma and her son, and the volley of bulletholes left behind are still visible in the 4-bed, 2-bath home today. The two posed as a couple needing a vacation rental, but the FBI caught wind of the Most Wanted woman's plans and surprised the Barkers with a 7:15 a.m. Ma Barker was fresh off a string of high-profile robberies throughout the Midwest when she and her son Fred headed down to Ocklawaha to hide out. Ma Barkerġ 3254 E Ocklawaha Highway, Ocklawaha, FL Siegel never moved in, preferring his other home, Castillo del Lago on Mulholland Drive.Īnd of course, Siegel was infamously murdered in the rental home, above, of his girlfriend Virginia Hill at 810 Linden Dr, Beverly Hills in 1947. Siegel had one of his homes, pictured above, built for his wife and children in 1938. In L.A., Siegel rubbed shoulders with the celebrity elite, even dating a few starlets, as he also planned to expand a gambling empire in Las Vegas.Īlthough his business was in Vegas, Siegel preferred estates in Hollywood, where he threw lavish parties. Siegel created an empire of bootlegging and gambling, and began one of the first organized hit companies 'Murder, Inc.' before he settled in Los Angeles.

While Capone ruled Chicago, Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel ruled New York, and then later moved on to L.A. His beachfront home was his escape as well as the place he died in 1947. The notorious mob boss moved south in 1928, buying an enormous beach-side estate that would serve as his final home.When he arrived in Miami Beach, historians say, Capone wasn’t looking to expand his empire but was searching for a place to retreat from the stress of running the mob.

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